70%

Patient Pathways Through This ER

After a patient arrives at the emergency room, they are typically seen by a doctor and then either sent home or admitted to the hospital and taken to a room. A small percentage of patients leave without being seen at all. The chart below shows on average how long each of these pathways take. Lower numbers are better, and all times refer to the average length of time people waited. Find out more »

Arrives at ER

0% of patients leave without being seen

18min Seen by doctor

4hrs Admitted to hospital

5hrs 14min

Taken to room

1hr 27min Sent home

All wait times are average.

Detailed Quality Measures

Here is a more in depth look at each quality measure, compared to state and national averages. Experts caution that very small differences between hospitals for a given measure are unlikely to correspond to noticeable differences in the real world.

Measure

Average for this Hospital

How this Hospital Compares

All Patients

Waiting Time

Average time patients spent in the emergency room before being seen by a doctor.

18min

National Avg.

24 min

Ala. Avg.

30min

This Hospital

18min

Discharged Patients

Time Until Sent Home

Average time patients spent in the emergency room before being sent home.

1hr 27min

National Avg.

2hrs 15min

Ala. Avg.

2hrs 7min

This Hospital

1hr 27min

Impatient Patients

Left Without Being Seen

Percentage of patients who left the emergency room without being seen by a doctor.

0%

Avg. U.S. Hospital

1%

Avg. Ala. Hospital

3%

This Hospital

0%

Admitted Patients

Time Before Admission

Average time patients spent in the emergency room before being admitted to the hospital.

4hrs

Data submitted were based on a sample of cases/patients.

National Avg.

4 hr 34 min

Ala. Avg.

3hrs 59min

This Hospital

4hrs

Admitted Patients

Transfer Time

Among patients admitted, additional time they spent waiting before being taken to their room (sometimes referred to as "boarding time.")

1hr 14min

Data submitted were based on a sample of cases/patients.

National Avg.

1hr 36min

Ala. Avg.

1hr 13min

This Hospital

1hr 14min

Special Patients

Broken Bone

Average time patients with broken bones had to wait before receiving pain meds.

48min

National Avg.

54min

Ala. Avg.

1hr 6min

This Hospital

48min

Special Patients

CT Scan

Percentage of patients who arrived with stroke symptoms and did not receive brain scan results within 45 mins.

6%

National Avg.

63%

Ala. Avg.

46%

This Hospital

6%

Notes:
"Average time" refers to the median waiting time (the midpoint of all patients' waiting times). References to "doctor" indicate a doctor, nurse practitioner or physician assistant. CMS reports the CT scan quality measure as the percentage of patients who received a scan within 45 minutes. We have reversed that measure so that all measures follow a "lower is better" pattern.